Meaning

• The act of conceiving.

• The state of being conceived; the beginning.

• The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.

• The start of pregnancy.

• The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.

• The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

• An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.